Final's Week

 Chris

This week ends the first quarter of our time in California and Chris's PA program! It is really excited to get through the first of most things and he ended with one B and the rest A's, and we have a much better picture of how things are going to be for the next year. We studied together a lot and it was great to see his hard work pay off in getting good grades, and now we can enjoy a week and a half off. Part of our time will be sitting around saying "what are we gonna do now?" but we plan on trying to go to the beach this week. Some plans are being able to relax in the cooling down weather and go to the park more often, and some is playing some games and watching some movies together. Either way, its mostly things that are free and fun.

Claire

She is learning things so fast and has started to collect one of each color of blocks and balls so she has a full collection. Whenever we go to a park, she likes to drive us using the wheels and have us sit somewhere close so we are in her car. She also loves making houses out of the magnets and cushions and making sure it has a door is very important to the play because she can shut it so Shay can't come in. When we build the magnet house, she likes to hold on to one of the pieces so she can be the finisher, which is exactly what I used to do with my mom when we did puzzles together. Like mother, like daughter. She loves reading time and enjoys when we do patty cake, sing the alphabet song, or count things together. There are also times where she surprises us with a full sentence in answer to a question out of nowhere, usually she will say yes or no and copy what we said but sometimes its a full new thought all on her own.

Shay

This little smarty pants is starting to learn some more words, too. She will now make the 'pss' sound when doing the sign for please when she is asking for more. Her favorite breakfast food is egg and she now says it really well and gets excited when we know what she is asking for. She is more reluctant to go to sleep nowadays and will fight for a later bed time more often even though her naps are 50/50 whether she wants to or not. In the morning she is usually brings her pillow and blanket to the living room and asks me to put the blanket on her to play peek-a-boo. When we go to the park, she is very adventurous and doesn't seem interested in the playground slides anymore, she only likes the swings and then wondering as far as we will let her go to sit on benches. Her hair is getting long enough that it is way too cute in piggy tails and I like matching all of us when we go out to the park.